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WO1999033755A1
WO1999033755A1 PCT/JP1998/005180 JP9805180W WO9933755A1 WO 1999033755 A1 WO1999033755 A1 WO 1999033755A1 JP 9805180 W JP9805180 W JP 9805180W WO 9933755 A1 WO9933755 A1 WO 9933755A1
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Motonori Nakamura
Yuichi Ohga
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Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
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Priority to EP98954721A priority Critical patent/EP1044931A4/fr
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    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
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    • C03B37/00—Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
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    • C03B37/012—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/014—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments made entirely or partially by chemical means, e.g. vapour phase deposition of bulk porous glass either by outside vapour deposition [OVD], or by outside vapour phase oxidation [OVPO] or by vapour axial deposition [VAD]
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    • C03B37/01—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/012—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/014—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments made entirely or partially by chemical means, e.g. vapour phase deposition of bulk porous glass either by outside vapour deposition [OVD], or by outside vapour phase oxidation [OVPO] or by vapour axial deposition [VAD]
    • C03B37/01413—Reactant delivery systems
    • C03B37/0142—Reactant deposition burners
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    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B37/00—Manufacture or treatment of flakes, fibres, or filaments from softened glass, minerals, or slags
    • C03B37/01—Manufacture of glass fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/012—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments
    • C03B37/014—Manufacture of preforms for drawing fibres or filaments made entirely or partially by chemical means, e.g. vapour phase deposition of bulk porous glass either by outside vapour deposition [OVD], or by outside vapour phase oxidation [OVPO] or by vapour axial deposition [VAD]
    • C03B37/01486—Means for supporting, rotating or translating the preforms being formed, e.g. lathes
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    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
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    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
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    • C03B2207/50—Multiple burner arrangements
    • C03B2207/52—Linear array of like burners
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2207/00—Glass deposition burners
    • C03B2207/50—Multiple burner arrangements
    • C03B2207/54—Multiple burner arrangements combined with means for heating the deposit, e.g. non-deposition burner
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
    • C03B2207/00—Glass deposition burners
    • C03B2207/60—Relationship between burner and deposit, e.g. position
    • C03B2207/66—Relative motion
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C03—GLASS; MINERAL OR SLAG WOOL
    • C03B—MANUFACTURE, SHAPING, OR SUPPLEMENTARY PROCESSES
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  • the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing an optical fiber preform.
  • the present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing an optical fiber preform capable of accurately producing a homogeneous optical fiber preform.
  • a starting member prepared by welding a dummy rod to each end of a core preform consisting of a core and a clad is rotated on an axis to form a glass particle synthesizing burner.
  • a manufacturing method has been performed in which the glass particles synthesized by the glass particle synthesis parner are sprayed and deposited on the outer periphery of a starting member by relatively reciprocating in the axial direction.
  • FIG. 7 schematically shows a configuration example of an apparatus for performing this method.
  • a parner 2 is fixed to a container 1, and a starting member 3 is reciprocated in an axial direction while being rotated by a lifting device 4.
  • a glass material such as SiCl 4 and a combustion gas are supplied to the parner 2 from a raw material supply device 5, and glass fine particles (soot particles) synthesized by the parner 2 are deposited on the outer periphery of the starting member 3 to deposit glass fine particles.
  • a body (soot body) 6 is formed.
  • the glass material is transferred to the parner 2. Stop supply. Then, the parner 2 is further moved toward the dummy rod side to heat the end of the soot body whose outer diameter formed outside the joining point decreases as going outside.
  • auxiliary burners dedicated to heating the glass preform are provided above and below (in the axial direction of the glass preform) where the glass raw material is supplied, and the glass preformer is provided with a core preform and a dummy. Joint position with rod When the position is reached, the direction of relative movement between the parner and the starting base material may be reversed, and the end of the soot body may be moved by this auxiliary parner.
  • Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-310745 discloses a technique using a plurality of glass synthesis parners. It has been disclosed. This technology uses a plurality of burners to reverse the relative movement direction between the soot body and the parner without stopping the supply of glass material at the end of the soot body. The purpose is to eliminate the non-uniformity of the soot density due to the interference of multiple corners at the end and mass-produce a high-quality optical fiber preform without glass breakage. By setting the reference points of the points and stopping the supply of the glass raw material to the burners located outside the two reference points, the same effect as in the case of one parner is obtained. . Disclosure of the invention
  • FIG. 8 shows the shape of the soot body thus formed, that is, the shape of the optical fiber preform.
  • Marking point (This is the raw material supply stop point when the glass raw material supply to the glass synthesizing burner is stopped, and the reverse position of the glass synthesizing parner when the auxiliary parner is used.) 1 1 and 1 2 coincides with the joining point 8 between the core base material 9 of the starting member 3 and the dummy rod 10. If the outer diameter of the soot body is small, its outer periphery is formed as shown by reference numeral 13 and the length of the effective portion of the soot body from which a sintered body having a constant outer diameter is obtained when it becomes transparent.
  • the length of the constant outer diameter portion is almost the entire length of the core base material 9 as shown in the figure.
  • Te month outside diameter of the soot body was increased, its periphery is formed as indicated by reference numeral 1 4, so that the length of the outer ⁇ normal portion is shown in the figure a 2 shorter Become.
  • soot particles do not accumulate uniformly in the axial direction, and become unsteady portions in which the outer diameter of the formed soot body becomes smaller toward the end portion.
  • the outer surface of the soot body As the soot particles accumulate, the amount of soot particles deposited in the small outer diameter portion is smaller than that in the large outer diameter portion. Is to expand. As a result, the end of the core base material is not used effectively, which causes an increase in cost.
  • the above-mentioned reference point In order to prevent the core base material from being wasted as the outer diameter of the soot body increases as the outer diameter of the soot body increases, the above-mentioned reference point must be It may be set at a position sufficiently far from the joint point to the dummy rod side, but in that case, the soot body formation time is prolonged, and the loss of glass raw material increases, which is not economical.
  • the calculated stub can be used.
  • the ratio of the outer diameter to the core diameter of the core base material and the stretched diameter of the core base material vary, and the target outer diameter of the soot body also differs for each core base material.
  • the feed stop position could not be used.
  • the present invention has been made in view of the above situation of the prior art, and has provided an optical fiber preform in which a soot body having a uniform outer diameter constant portion formed over the entire length of the core preform and having a small loss of glass raw material is obtained. It is an object of the present invention to provide a manufacturing method and apparatus.
  • the present inventors have diligently studied the relationship between the outer diameter of the soot body and the total length of the constant outer diameter portion. That is, as shown in Fig. 8, the soot bodies having various soot outer diameters were prepared by matching the joint points 8 with the reference points 11 and 12, and the obtained soot bodies were heated in a high-temperature furnace and made transparent.
  • this deviation increases as the outer diameter of the soot body increases. It is proportional to the square of the outside diameter. Therefore, if the reference point is shifted from the joining point to the dummy rod side by the amount of the deviation in advance, the constant outer diameter portion and the core base material will be completely matched.
  • the present inventors have found from FIG. 9 that when the outer diameter of the soot body is d [mm], the shift amount is 0.0023 X d 2 [mm].
  • the boundary between the outer diameter steady portion and the unsteady portion does not necessarily need to coincide with both ends of the core base material, and even if the shift amount is about 35% shifted from the shift amount when both coincide, Was found to be sufficient.
  • this shift amount is set to A xd 2 [mm] (however, 0.0015 ⁇ A ⁇ 0.0030). If the glass synthesis burner is located between the shifted reference points, the glass synthesis It was found that if soot particles were deposited by supplying a glass raw material to the furnace, the length of the constant outer diameter portion was necessary and sufficient. In other words, when the target outer diameter of the soot body is determined by the core base material, the raw material supply stop point can be obtained immediately, and the outer diameter constant portion is stable over almost the entire length of the core base material regardless of the variation of the core base material. Can be formed.
  • the present invention has been made based on this finding, and one or more starting members produced by welding dummy rods to both ends of a core base material composed of a core and a clad are rotated around an axis.
  • This is a method of manufacturing the fiber base material, and the mark is located at a position AX d 2 [mm] (0 ⁇ 0015 ⁇ ⁇ 0.0030) away from the joint point between the core base material and the dummy rod on the dummy rod side.
  • the relative reciprocating movement in the axial direction described above is performed by reversing the relative moving direction when all of the glass synthesizing parners reach the reference point or the end of the starting base material therefrom.
  • Each of glass synthesis parners Is characterized in that the glass raw material is supplied only when it is located between these reference points.
  • the outer diameter stationary part will be shorter than the entire length of the core material.
  • the end of the base material cannot be used effectively as an optical fiber base material.
  • the outer diameter constant part becomes longer than the entire length of the core material. Therefore, the entire core preform can be effectively used as an optical fiber preform, but on the other hand, the outer diameter constant portion spreads to the dummy rod portion, which is not preferable because glass raw material is wasted.
  • the apparatus for manufacturing an optical fiber preform of the present invention comprises: (1) a holding member that holds at least one end of a starting member; and (2) one or more glass composites that spray soot particles toward the starting member. (3) a raw material supply device that supplies glass raw materials to each of the glass synthesis parners; and (4) an axial reciprocation relative to the glass synthesis parner while rotating the starting member in the axial direction.
  • a moving device for moving (5) an input device for inputting a target outer diameter value d of the formed soot body or a characteristic value necessary for its calculation; (6) an input target outer diameter value of the soot body or The above-mentioned target point is set from the target outer diameter value of the soot body obtained from the input characteristic value, and the moving device is controlled so that all of the glass synthesizing parners are at the target point or the end of the starting base material therefrom. Side, the relative movement direction of the mobile device is reversed. And a control device that controls the raw material supply device to perform reciprocating movement in the axial direction and supplies the glass raw material only when each of the glass synthesizing parners is located between these reference points.
  • the number of glass synthesis parners to be used may be determined as appropriate according to the size of the target product, etc., but when using more than one, three or four parners are required in view of the shape and efficiency of the equipment. It is preferable that In order to maintain a stable flame condition, It is preferable that the supply and stop of the glass raw material to the lath synthesis burner be stopped and restarted not instantaneously but gradually increased and decreased over a period of about several seconds to 10 seconds.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a basic configuration of an optical fiber preform manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a starting member used for producing an optical fiber preform with the apparatus of FIG.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a state of a soot body and a panner being formed in the apparatus of FIG.
  • Figure 4 is a graph showing the supply of glass raw materials to the burner according to the relative positions of the parner and the starting base material.
  • FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are diagrams illustrating other configurations of the optical fiber preform manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a conventional optical fiber preform manufacturing apparatus.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram showing a structure of a soot body manufactured from a conventional optical fiber preform.
  • FIG. 9 is a correlation diagram between the outer diameter of the soot body and the shift amount from both ends of the constant outer diameter portion to the reference point when the reference point position and the joining point are matched.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a basic configuration of an optical fiber preform manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic longitudinal sectional view of a starting member 3 used for producing an optical fiber preform with the apparatus of FIG.
  • a starting member 3 used for manufacturing an optical fiber preform is formed by welding dummy ports 10 to both ends of a core preform 9 composed of a core 9a and a clad 9b, respectively. Have been made.
  • the manufacturing apparatus 30 includes a holding member 7 for holding the starting member 3 in a container 1 with a dummy rod 10 and a glass synthesis parner 2 for spraying soot particles on the starting member 3.
  • the holding member 7 is reciprocated in the vertical direction in the figure, that is, in the axial direction of the starting member 3 while the starting member 3 is held, while the starting member 3 is held. It can be rotated around its central axis.
  • the raw material supply device 5 is connected to the parner 2.
  • the raw material supply device 5 is connected to a pipe 23 for supplying a glass raw material such as SiCl 4 and a pipe 24 for supplying a fuel gas for combustion. I have.
  • the reciprocating movement of the lifting / lowering device 4 and the supply of the glass raw material and the fuel gas by the raw material supply device 5 are controlled by the control device 20.
  • An input device 21 for inputting a control parameter is connected to the control device 20.
  • the input device 21 1 is used to input parameters relating to the starting member 3.
  • the input of the parameters and the fixing of the starting member 3 may be performed in the reverse order.
  • These parameters include the ratio of the outer diameter of the core base material 9 to the core diameter, the stretched diameter, and the like.
  • the control device 20 calculates a target outer diameter d [mm] of the soot body to be formed. In this way On the basis of the calculated target outer diameter d, the positions of the reference points 11 and 12 serving as a guide of the spray range of the soot particles are determined.
  • the distance Aa from the junction 8 between the core preform 9 of the reference points 11 and 12 and the dummy rod 10 to the dummy load side is set in the range of 0.0015d 2 ⁇ Aa ⁇ 0.0030d 2 .
  • the control device 20 sets the turning points 15 and 16 as a guide of the reversing position of the reciprocating movement of the lifting device 4.
  • the distance Ab from the junction 8 between the core base material 9 at the turning points 15 and 16 and the dummy port 10 to the dummy port side is Ab ⁇ Aa.
  • Ab Ab is sufficiently larger than Aa will be described.
  • the starting base material 3 is reciprocated in the axial direction, that is, in the vertical direction in the figure, while rotating about the axis thereof.
  • the starting base material 3 is moving downward
  • the turning point 15 located on the upper side in the figure reaches the burner 2 position, that is, at the same height as the burner 2, Reverse the moving direction of 4 and switch to upward moving.
  • the turning point 16 located on the lower side in the figure reaches the position of the burner 2, the moving direction of the elevating device 4 is reversed, and this time, the movement is switched downward.
  • the starting member 3 can be reciprocated between the turning points 15 and 16 with respect to the parner 2.
  • the glass raw material gas and the combustion gas are supplied from the raw material supply device 5 to the parner 2 to synthesize soot particles, which are sprayed and deposited on the outer periphery of the starting member 3.
  • the spraying range of the soot particles is limited.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing the state of the soot body 9 and the burner 2 during formation
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the state of the soot body 9 and the burner 2 based on the relative positions of the burner 2 and the starting base material 3.
  • 3 is a graph showing the supply amount of the glass raw material.
  • the supply amount of soot material is increased to reach a predetermined supply amount X at the reference point 11 and the soot particles are sprayed on the surface of the soot body 9.
  • the spraying of soot particles was continued while keeping the supply of glass raw material constant (corresponding to the positions indicated by B, C, and D in Fig. 3), and gradually from when the wrench 2 reached the mark 12 position. We will reduce the supply of raw materials for glass.
  • the parner 2 directly heats the soot body 9 by heating (corresponding to the position indicated by E in FIG. 3). By repeating this, a soot body 9 is formed around the reference points 11 and 12 of the starting material.
  • the outer diameter of the soot body 9 reaches the predetermined outer diameter d, the supply of the fuel gas and the glass raw material to the parner 2 is stopped, and the operation of the elevating device 4 is stopped, and the starting base material 3 is moved from the holding member 7. Remove.
  • the starting preform 3 on which the soot body 9 is formed becomes the optical fiber preform.
  • FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are configuration diagrams each showing a wrench according to another embodiment.
  • the configuration other than the parner 2 and the raw material supply device 5 is omitted because it is the same as that of the embodiment of FIG.
  • the burner 2 is sandwiched by a glass synthesis parner 2 a, that is, as viewed from the starting base material 3.
  • a glass synthesis parner 2 a that is, as viewed from the starting base material 3.
  • the glass material supply pipe 23 is not connected to the fuel supply device 5 b 5 b 2 for these auxiliary parners 2 2 b 2 , and the auxiliary parners 2 bi and 2 b 2 do not carry out sooting. Only heat the body.
  • the turning points 15 and 16 are matched with the reference points 11 and 12 respectively, and the supply amount of the glass raw material to the burner 2a is kept constant. You may continue.
  • the embodiment shown in FIG. 6 is different from the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 in that a plurality of glass synthesis parners 2 i to 23 ( three in the figure) are provided instead of one.
  • the starting member 3 is moved when the lower mark 12 of the starting member 3 moving upward reaches the burner 2i position. switching downwardly by reversing the direction, reverses the movement direction of the upper gage 1 1 Gabaichina 2 3 starting member 3 when it reaches the position switch to move upward.
  • the starting member 3 side may be fixed and the parner 2 side may be moved back and forth in the axial direction of the starting member 3. . Also, both may be moved. Further, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the starting member 3 and the auxiliary parners 2 bi and 2 b 2 may be fixed outside the reference points, and only the glass synthesizing parner may be moved.
  • the present inventors have conducted a comparative test to confirm the effect that the entire length of the core preform can be effectively used as an optical fiber preform using the apparatus and method according to the present invention. The results will be described below.
  • a starting member is prepared by welding a quartz glass dummy rod to both sides of a core base material having a diameter of 20 mm and a length of 500 mm, and the starting member is set in the apparatus of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 to form a soot body.
  • the rotation speed of the starting member was set to 40 rpm, and the vertical movement speed was set to 100 mm / s.
  • the target outer diameter d of the soot obtained from the ratio of the outer diameter of the core base material to the core diameter and the extension diameter of the core base material was 150 mm.
  • the wrench 2 has a concentric octuple tube structure and is arranged perpendicular to the center axis of the starting member.
  • SiCl 4 was used as a glass raw material, and the supply amount was varied as shown in FIG.
  • the supply amount X in the spraying range was 3 slm (standard liter / min).
  • 60 slm of hydrogen and 45 slm of oxygen for forming a flame and 4 slm of argon as a sealing gas were constantly supplied.
  • the target outer diameter d 150 mm
  • the formation of the soot body was terminated, and after removal from the equipment, the soot body was heated in a high-temperature furnace to make the soot body transparent and a sintered body with an outer diameter of 82 mm was obtained.
  • the obtained sintered body did not show any cracks, protrusions or foreign matter on the surface or inside, and was confirmed to be of good quality. Further, the sintered body was formed into a fiber in a drawing furnace, and the fiber characteristics such as cutoff wavelength and MFD (mode field diameter) of the obtained fiber were examined. Was confirmed.
  • the glass synthesis burner 2a has the same structure and gas supply conditions as the burner used in Example 1, and the glass synthesis burner 2a and the auxiliary burner 2 of concentric double pipe structure are used.
  • each of the axial distance of the starting base material 3 with b 2 was 200 mm.
  • Each of the auxiliary burners 22 2 b 2 was constantly supplied with 10 slm of oxygen and 30 slm of hydrogen to form a flame.
  • the supply of glass raw materials to the glass synthesis parner 2a was continuously performed.
  • Other conditions were the same as in Example 1.
  • the target outer diameter d 150 mm
  • the soot body was terminated, and after removal from the apparatus, the soot body was heated by a high-temperature furnace to make the soot body transparent. A body was obtained. Further, the sintered body was formed into a fiber in a drawing furnace, and the fiber characteristics of the obtained fiber were examined. As a result, it was confirmed that the fiber had good characteristics over the entire length of the core material.
  • Dummy rods made of quartz glass are placed on both sides of a core base material with a diameter of 30 mm and a length of 500 mm.
  • a starting member was produced by welding, and the starting member was set in an apparatus having a wrench configuration shown in FIG. 6 to produce a soot body.
  • the rotation speed and the vertical movement speed of the starting member were the same as in the first embodiment.
  • the target outer diameter d of the soot obtained from the ratio of the outer diameter of the core base material to the core diameter and the stretched diameter of the core base material was 220 mm.
  • the PANA 2 to 2 3 used as the concentric circle 8 pipe structure, arranged vertically at 200mm intervals with respect to the central axis of the starting member.
  • SiCl 4 was used as a glass raw material, and the supply amount was varied as shown in FIG.
  • the supply amount X in the spraying range was 3 slm (standard liter / minute).
  • 100 slm of hydrogen and 60 slm of oxygen for forming a flame and 4 slm of argon as a sealing gas were constantly supplied.
  • a soot body having an outer diameter of 150 mm was manufactured under the same conditions as in Example 1.
  • the obtained soot body was heated in a high-temperature furnace to make it transparent, a good sintered body having an outer diameter of 81 mm was obtained.
  • the sintered body was fiberized in a drawing furnace, and the fiber characteristics of the obtained fiber were examined.
  • the fiber characteristics such as power-off wavelength and MFD were found in the 49 mm and 48 mm ranges from both ends of the core material, respectively. It deviated from the target value, and its characteristics deteriorated toward both ends.
  • the obtained soot body was heated in a high-temperature furnace to make it transparent, a good sintered body having an outer diameter of 116 mm was obtained.
  • This sintered body was formed into a fiber in a drawing furnace, and the fiber characteristics of the obtained fiber were examined.
  • the fiber characteristics such as cut-off wavelength and MFD were set to target values within 48 mm from both ends of the core preform. The characteristics were deteriorating toward both ends.
  • the method for producing an optical fiber preform of the present invention has an effect of obtaining an optical fiber preform for producing a fiber having good fiber characteristics over almost the entire length of the core preform. Was confirmed.
  • the present invention can be used to accurately manufacture a homogeneous optical fiber preform.

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L'invention concerne un procédé de fabrication de matériau de base de fibre optique, dans lequel on forme un corps de suie en déposant par pulvérisation de fines particules de verre, synthétisées par un brûleur (2), sur la surface périphérique externe d'un élément (3) de départ, ce dernier étant obtenu par l'assemblage d'une barre fictive aux deux portions terminales d'un support d'âme. Pendant la pulvérisation, on imprime à l'élément (3) de départ un mouvement de va-et-vient dans l'axe de ce dernier, relativement au brûleur. Ce procédé est caractérisé par des marques (11, 12) de repère positionnées à une distance prédéterminée des interfaces du matériau de base de l'âme et de la barre fictive, le mouvement de va-et-vient relatif de l'élément initial étant obtenu par inversion de la direction du mouvement relatif lorsque le brûleur (2) atteint des points (15, 16) d'inversion situés dans les parties terminales éloignées des marques (11, 12) de repère, et un matériau de verre brut étant distribué par une unité (5) d'alimentation de matériau brut, uniquement lorsque le brûleur (2) est positionné entre les marques (11, 12) de repère.
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